Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHistory around Electoral Area A, East Kootenay: 5 designated places within 50 km
Before 1961: just 5.1% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. The nearest town with a top designation is Crowsnest Pass, 38 km away.
2 places of the highest rank within 50 km of Electoral Area A, East Kootenay
Between them, 2 towns share them, mainly Crowsnest Pass and Electoral Area C, East Kootenay. The oldest, Fort Steele, dates from 1864, 47 km away. Closest of all is Coleman, in Crowsnest Pass, 35 km off.
The 5 nearest, within 50 km
| ColemanNational Historic Site · 1903–1972 · 35 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| Frank SlideProvincial historic resource · 42 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| LilleProvincial historic resource · 43 km away, in Crowsnest Pass |
| Fort SteeleBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 1864 · 47 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
| Fort SteeleNational Historic Site · 1887–1888 · 47 km away, in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay |
Most of Electoral Area A, East Kootenay’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 37%
Over half of the homes in Electoral Area A, East Kootenay were already standing by 2001. From 2016 on, Electoral Area A, East Kootenay built 5.1% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. Electoral Area A, East Kootenay has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 20%, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Electoral Area A, East Kootenay and its neighbours
Electoral Area A, East Kootenay in brief
Few of its homes are old, 5.1% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, its past has one life on the record, George Kilpatrick (1910).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Electoral Area A, East Kootenay’s history
How many historic places does Electoral Area A, East Kootenay have on the registers?
None inside Electoral Area A, East Kootenay yet. The nearest, Coleman, carries the highest designation, 35 km away in Crowsnest Pass.
How old are the homes in Electoral Area A, East Kootenay?
Before 1961: 5.1% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).